Actors and locations:
We all discussed who's house that we could use for the mum and dad bathroom/kitchen scene and Djed is going to ask his mum and take some location shots to show us all in the next session. We have all agreed that rather than using teachers to play the mum and dad that it will be better and more accessible to bring actors in to play them instead.What is a storyboard?
We looked at examples of different storyboards including a scene from Toy Story. This was to help us to understand why a storyboard is important and that it helps to give a visual idea of what we want our shots for our film to look like and what impression we want them to give.
Creating a shot list:
We read through the script, all reading out a part each and the scene directions and discussed one scene at a time and how we want it to look. We created a shot list out of our discussions and agreed on what shots we want to use.Forms and paperwork:
For our campaign there is lots of paperwork involved so we had to fill some in to be able to make our campaign happen.
We discussed the following for the purpose of funding and support:
What is our campaign about?
- Speak out and stand up for what you believe in
- Consequences happen if you keep quiet and don't help a friend who is under pressure to join a gang
- Our slogan is - It stops with us!
What are our plans for the future?
- A launch party
- Talk at an event/festival and show our film
- Brochures for funders for future films through our group and production company, Ambition Films
- Go to talk in school assemblies with a police officer (build a partnership with them) about the dangers of getting caught up with a gang and show our film
- A website for our production company and campaign and put our film on it
- Expand our brand
- Get Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
- Hold a day event to promote our campaign to schools and run lots of activities
We finished up the session on a positive note and excited that we will soon be shooting our film and making our campaign come to life.
